BILL NUMBER: SB 1147	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   638
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 5, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 19, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 6, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leslie

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add Sections 5096.310, 5096.324, 5096.337, 5096.339,
5096.344, 5096.345, 5096.347, 5096.348, 5096.350, 5096.352, 5096.353,
5096.356, 5096.357, 5096.360, 5096.362, and 5096.368 to the Public
Resources Code, relating to resources, and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1147, Leslie.  Resources:  bonds:  parks, water, clean air, and
coastal protection act.
   (1) AB 18 of the 1999-2000 Regular Session, which has been adopted
by the Legislature, would enact the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean
Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2000 (the
Villaraigosa-Keeley Act), which would authorize, for the purpose of
financing a program for the acquisition, development, improvement,
rehabilitation, restoration, enhancement, and protection of park,
recreational, cultural, historical, fish and wildlife, lake,
riparian, reservoir, river, and coastal resources, as specified, the
issuance, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of bonds
in the amount of $2,100,000,000.
   This bill would revise certain provisions of AB 18, as adopted by
the Legislature.
   (2) The bill would provide that if both this bill and AB 18 of the
1999-2000 Regular Session are chaptered, specified sections of the
Public Resources Code added by this bill would prevail over and
supersede those sections of the same number of the Public Resources
Code as added by AB 18.  The bill would require the Secretary of
State to submit the sections added to the Public Resources Code by
this bill to the voters at the March 7, 2000, statewide general
election, as part of the bond act.
   (3) The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 5096.310 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5096.310.  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this
chapter shall be deposited in the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean
Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection (Villaraigosa-Keeley Act)
Bond Fund, which is hereby created.  Unless otherwise specified and
except as provided in subdivision (m), the money in the fund shall be
available for appropriation by the Legislature, in the manner set
forth in this chapter, only for parks and resources improvement, in
accordance with the following schedule:
   (a) The sum of five hundred two million seven hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($502,750,000) to the department for the following
purposes:
   (1) To rehabilitate, restore, and improve units of the state park
system that will ensure that state park system lands and facilities
will remain open and accessible for public use.
   (2) To develop, improve, rehabilitate, restore, enhance, and
protect facilities and trails at existing units of the state park
system that will provide for optimal recreational and educational
use, activities, improved access and safety, and the acquisition from
a willing seller of inholdings and adjacent lands.  Adjacent lands
are lands contiguous to, or in the immediate vicinity of, existing
state park system lands and that directly benefit an existing state
park system unit.
   (3) For stewardship of the public investment in the preservation
of the critical natural heritage and scenic features, and cultural
heritage stewardship projects that will preserve vanishing remnants
of California's landscape, and protect and promote a greater
understanding of California's past, and the planning necessary to
implement those efforts.
   (4) For facilities and improvements to enhance volunteer
participation in the state park system.
   (5) To develop, improve, and expand interpretive facilities at
units of the state park system, including educational exhibits and
visitor orientation centers.
   (6) To rehabilitate and repair aging facilities at winter
recreation facilities pursuant to the Sno-Park program, as provided
for in Chapter 1.27 (commencing with Section 5091.01), that provide
for improved public safety.
   (7) For projects that improve air quality related to the state
park system, including, but not limited to, the purchase of
low-emission or advanced technology vehicles and equipment and clean
fuel distribution facilities that will avoid or reduce air emissions
at state park facilities.
   (b) The sum of eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) to the
department to undertake stewardship projects, including cultural
resources stewardship and natural resources stewardship projects,
that will restore and protect the natural treasures of the state park
system, preserve vanishing remnants of California's landscape, and
protect and promote a greater understanding of California's past.
   (c) The sum of four million dollars ($4,000,000) to the department
for facilities and improvements to enhance volunteer participation
in the state park system.
   (d) The sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) to the
department for grants to local agencies administering units of the
state park system under an operating agreement with the department,
for the development, improvement, rehabilitation, restoration,
enhancement, protection, and interpretation of lands and facilities
of, and improved access to, those locally operated units.
   (e) The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to the department
for purposes consistent with Section 5079.10, for competitive
grants, in accordance with Section 5096.335.
   (f) The sum of three hundred eighty-eight million dollars
($388,000,000) to the department for grants, in accordance with
Sections 5096.332, 5096.333, and 5096.336, on the basis of
population, for the acquisition, development, improvement,
rehabilitation, restoration, enhancement, and interpretation of local
park and recreational lands and facilities, including renovation of
recreational facilities conveyed to local agencies resulting from the
downsizing or decommissioning of federal military installations.
   (g) The sum of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) to the
department for grants to cities, counties, and districts for the
acquisition, development, rehabilitation, and restoration of park and
recreation areas and facilities pursuant to the Roberti-Z'
berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and Recreational Program Act (Chapter
3.2 (commencing with Section 5620)).
   (h) The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to the department
for grants, in accordance with Section 5096.337, for the improvement
or acquisition and restoration of riparian habitat, riverine aquatic
habitat, and other lands in close proximity to rivers and streams
for river and stream trail projects undertaken in accordance with
Section 78682.2 of the Water Code, and for purposes of Section 7048
of the Water Code.
   (i) The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to the department
for grants, in accordance with Section 5096.337, for the
development, improvement, rehabilitation, restoration, enhancement,
and interpretation of nonmotorized trails for the purpose of
increasing public access to, and enjoyment of, public areas for
increased recreational opportunities.  Not less than one million five
hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) of this amount shall be
allocated toward the completion of a project that links existing
bicycle and pedestrian trail systems to major urban public
transportation systems, to promote increased recreational
opportunities and nonmotorized commuter usage in the City of
Whittier.  Of this amount, no less than two hundred seventy-five
thousand dollars ($275,000) shall be allocated to the East Bay
Regional Park District toward the completion of the Iron Horse Trail.
  Of this amount, not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000)
shall be allocated to a regional park district for the completion of
a bike trial in the City of Concord.
   (j) The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) to the
department for grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations
for park, youth center, and environmental enhancement projects that
benefit youth in areas that lack safe neighborhood parks, open space,
and natural areas, and that have significant poverty.
   (k) The sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars
($2,500,000) to the California Conservation Corps to complete capital
outlay and resource conservation projects and administrative costs
allocable to the bond funded projects.
   (l) The sum of eighty-six million five hundred thousand dollars
($86,500,000) to the department for the following purposes:
   (1) The sum of seventy-one million five hundred thousand dollars
($71,500,000) for grants, in accordance with Sections 5096.339 and
5096.340, for urban recreational and cultural centers, including, but
not limited to, zoos, museums, aquariums, and facilities for
wildlife, environmental, or natural science aquatic education or
projects that combine curation of archaeological, paleontological,
and historic resources with education and basic and applied research,
and that emphasize specimens of California's extinct prehistoric
plants and animals.
   (2) The sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) for grants
for regional youth soccer and baseball facilities operated by
nonprofit organizations.  Priority shall be given to those grant
projects that utilize existing school facilities or recreation
facilities and serve disadvantaged youth.
   (m) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum
of two hundred sixty-five million five hundred thousand dollars
($265,500,000) is, except as provided in Section 5096.350, hereby
continuously appropriated to the Wildlife Conservation Board, without
regard to fiscal years, in accordance with Section 5096.350.
   (n) The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) to the
California Tahoe Conservancy, in accordance with Section 5096.351.
   (o) The sum of two hundred twenty million four hundred thousand
dollars ($220,400,000) to the State Coastal Conservancy, in
accordance with Section 5096.352.
   (p) The sum of thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) to the
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, in accordance with Section
5096.353.
   (q) The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) to the Coachella
Valley Mountains Conservancy, in accordance with Section 5096.354.
   (r) The sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) to the San
Joaquin River Conservancy, in accordance with Section 5096.355.
   (s) The sum of twelve million five hundred thousand dollars
($12,500,000) to the California Conservation Corps for grants for the
certified local community conservation corps program to complete
capital outlay and resource conservation projects.
   (t) The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) to the
Department of Conservation in accordance with Section 5096.356.
   (u) The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to the Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection for urban forestry programs in
accordance with Section 4799.12.  The grants made pursuant to this
subdivision shall be for costs associated with the purchase and
planting of trees, and up to three years of care which ensures the
long-term viability of those trees.
   (v) Notwithstanding Section 711 of the Fish and Game Code, the sum
of twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) to the Department of Fish
and Game for the following purposes:
   (1) The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for expenditure
in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 5096.357.
   (2) The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for expenditure
in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 5096.357.
   (3) The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to remove
nonnative vegetation harmful to ecological reserves in San Diego
County.
   (w) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be
available for purposes of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 31160)
of Division 21.  Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) shall
be allocated to Mount Diablo State Park.
   (x) The sum of seven million dollars ($7,000,000) to the
California Integrated Waste Management Board for grants to local
agencies to assist them in meeting state and federal accessibility
standards relating to public playgrounds if the local agency
guarantees that 50 percent of the grant funds will be used for the
improvement or replacement of playground equipment or facilities
through the use of recycled materials and that matching funds in an
amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the total amount of those
grant funds will be provided through either public or private funds
or in-kind contributions.  The board may reduce this matching fund
requirement to not less than 25 percent if it determines that the
50-percent requirement would impose an extreme financial hardship on
the local agency applying for the grant.  The board may expend the
funds allocated pursuant to this subdivision, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, for the purposes specified herein.
   (y) The sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) to a city for
rehabilitation, restoration, or enhancement to a city park that is
over 1,000 acres that serves an urban area of over 750,000 population
in northern California and that provides recreational, cultural, and
scientific resources.
   (z) (1) The sum of six million two hundred fifty thousand dollars
($6,250,000) to the secretary to administer grants to the Sierra
Nevada-Cascade Program, in accordance with Section 5096.347.
   (2) The sum of thirty-three million five hundred thousand dollars
($33,500,000) to the secretary to administer a river parkway and
restoration program to assist local agencies and other districts to
plan, create, and conserve river parkways.  The secretary shall make
funds available in accordance with Sections 7048 and 78682.2 of the
Water Code, and any other applicable authority, for the following
purposes:
   (A) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) for the acquisition
or restoration of public lands within the Los Angeles River
Watershed, the San Gabriel River Watershed, and the San Gabriel
Mountains and to provide open space, nonmotorized trails, bike paths,
and other low-impact recreational uses and wildlife and habitat
restoration and protection.  Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall
be allocated for the Los Angeles River Watershed, and fifteen million
dollars ($15,000,000) shall be allocated for the San Gabriel River
Watershed and the San Gabriel Mountains and lower Los Angeles River.

   (B) Two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) for
river parkway projects along the Kern River between the mouth of the
Kern Canyon and I-5.
   (C) One million dollars ($1,000,000) for land acquisition in the
Santa Clarita Watershed.
   (D) Three million dollars ($3,000,000) for watershed, riparian,
and wetlands restoration along the Sacramento River in Yolo, Glenn,
and Colusa Counties.
   (E) Two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the construction of a
visitor center at a state recreation area encompassing a body of
water along the American River.
   (3) The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the secretary
for resource conservation and urban water recycling that addresses
multicounty regional recreational needs, provides habitat
restoration, and enjoys joint sponsorship by multiple local agencies
and nonprofit organizations in the County of Sonoma.
   (4) The sum of one million one hundred thousand dollars
($1,100,000) to the secretary, one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) of which shall be made available to fund a community
center in San Benito County, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
of which shall be made available to fund a veterans park in San
Benito County, five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of which
shall be made available to fund a community center in the City of
Galt, and four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) of which shall be
made available to fund a community center in the City of Gilroy.
   (5) The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the secretary
for Camp Arroyo in Alameda County.
   (6) The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the secretary
to construct a rehabilitation center for injured endangered and
indigenous wild animals at the Wildhaven Center in the San Bernardino
Mountains.
  SEC. 2.  Section 5096.324 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   5096.324.  Funds appropriated to the department pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 5096.310 shall be made available for the
following purposes:
   (a) The sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) to preserve
and restore a unit of the state parks system that preserves and
restores cultural and historical immigration resources in northern
California.
   (b) The sum of two million six hundred thousand dollars
($2,600,000) to construct visitor centers in state parks, state
recreation areas, and state historic parks.  The department shall
give priority to projects at Chino Hills State Park and California
Citrus State Historic Park.
   (c) Up to six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($650,000) for
playground equipment upgrades in state recreation areas.
   (d) The sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for
restoration of state reserves that maintain the state flower.
   (e) The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for restoration of
state beaches.
   (f) The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) for restoration,
study, and curation of paleontological, archaeological, and
historical resource site protection.  Priority shall be given to
projects that combine curation of archaeological, paleontological,
and historical resources with education and basic and applied
research, and that emphasize specimens of California's extinct
prehistoric plants and animals.
   (g) The sum of two million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars
($2,750,000), two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000)
of which shall be allocated for capital outlay projects at the Empire
Mine State Historic Park, and two hundred fifty thousand dollars
($250,000) of which shall be allocated for Columbia State Historic
Park.
   (h) The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the
acquisition of lands from willing sellers of lands that are forested
with redwoods or that will enhance the protection or preservation of
the redwood forest ecosystem.  The department shall give preference
to projects where matching contributions in funding from other public
agencies, private parties, or nonprofit organizations are available.

   (i) Up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to construct
trails, trailheads, and parking, and to provide nonvehicular public
access between the Bear and Mendoza Ranch open space and adjacent
Henry Coe State Park.
  SEC. 3.  Section 5096.337 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   5096.337.  (a) Funds authorized pursuant to subdivisions (h), (i),
and (z) of Section 5096.310 shall be available as grants, on a
competitive basis, to cities, counties, districts, local agencies
formed for park purposes pursuant to a joint powers agreement as
defined in subdivision (b), and other districts, as defined in
subdivision (c).
   (b) For purposes of this section, "local agency" means any local
agency formed for park purposes pursuant to a joint powers agreement
between two or more local entities, excluding school districts.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "other districts" include any
district authorized to provide park, recreational, or open-space
services, or a combination of those services, except a school
district.
  SEC. 4.  Section 5096.339 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   5096.339.  (a) Not less than 11 percent of the funds authorized in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (l) of Section 5096.310 shall be
available as grants administered by the department to cities,
counties, and nonprofit organizations for the development,
rehabilitation, or restoration of facilities accredited by the
American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) and operated by cities,
counties, and nonprofit organizations, and to cities, counties, and
nonprofit organizations for the development, rehabilitation, or
restoration of zoos and aquariums operated by cities, counties, and
nonprofit organizations, but not yet accredited by the AZA.  This
program shall be known, and may be cited, as the Dr. Paul Chaffee
Zoological Program.  Allocation in awarding grants pursuant to this
section shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
   (1) Individual grants of up to one million dollars ($1,000,000),
or an amount to be determined by dividing 95 percent of the total zoo
and aquarium funds available pursuant to this subdivision by the
number of AZA accredited institutions at the time of enactment of
this section, shall be made available to zoos and aquariums that are
AZA accredited.
   (2) Not less than 20 percent or two million dollars ($2,000,000),
whichever is greater, of the funds available pursuant to this
subdivision shall be reserved for institutions with annual operating
budgets of less than one million dollars ($1,000,000).
   (3) Not more than 5 percent of the total funds available pursuant
to this subdivision, shall be made available as grants to zoos and
aquariums that have initiated the AZA accreditation process but are
not yet accredited at the time of the enactment of this section.
Grants awarded under this subdivision shall be dedicated to projects
which will enhance the institution's ability to meet standards of AZA
accreditation.
   (4) Not more than 5 percent of the total funds available pursuant
to this subdivision shall be granted for publicly owned or nonprofit
zoos and wildlife centers that may not be accredited, but that care
for animals that have been injured or abandoned and that cannot be
returned to the wild.  To be eligible for this portion of those
funds, applicants shall demonstrate that they serve a regional area,
foster the environmental relationships of animals within that region,
and operate outreach and onsite programs communicating those
objectives to the public.
   (b) At least ten million dollars ($10,000,000) of the funds
allocate pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (l) of Section
5096.310 shall be provided to the California Science Center for
implementation of the Exposition Master Plan.  Three million dollars
($3,000,000) of this amount shall be made available to the California
African-American Museum for completion of its education and visitor
facility in Exposition Park and seven million dollars ($7,000,000) of
this amount shall be made available for the California Science
Center School.
   (c) Not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of the
funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (l) of
Section 5096.310 shall be available as grants for facilities for
education programs focused on the National Marine Sanctuaries along
California's coast.
   (d) Not less than forty-four million seven hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($44,750,000) of the funds allocated pursuant to paragraph
(1) of subdivision (l) of Section 5096.310 shall be made available
for the following purposes:
   (1) At least ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be provided
to the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana for capital improvement.

   (2) At least ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be provided
to the California Academy of the Sciences for capital improvement
projects.
   (3) At least two million dollars ($2,000,000) shall be provided
toward the creation of the Delta Science Center to carry out
significant marine and delta aquatic education and interpretive
programs.
   (4) At least fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be
provided to the Alliance of Redding Museums for capital improvements
for the Turtle Bay-Museums and the Arboretum on the River.
   (5) An individual grant of four million two hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($4,250,000) shall be made to the California Division of
Fairs and Expositions of the Department of Food and Agriculture for
capital outlay to assist with an approved contract entered into on or
before January 1, 2000, for an exposition or state fair relocation
in any county with a population greater than 5,000,000.
   (6) The sum of three million five hundred thousand dollars
($3,500,000) to enhance the two-acre historical exhibit at the Kern
County Museum.
  SEC. 5.  Section 5096.344 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   5096.344.  All grants, gifts, devises, or bequests to the state,
that are conditioned upon being used for park, conservation,
recreational, agricultural, or other such purposes, may be accepted
and received on behalf of the state by the appropriate departmental
director, with the approval of the Director of Finance, and those
grants, gifts, devises, or bequests may be available, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, for expenditure for the purposes
specified in Section 5096.310.
  SEC. 6.  Section 5096.345 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   5096.345.  Except for funds continuously appropriated by this
chapter, all appropriations of funds pursuant to Section 5096.310 for
purposes of the program shall be included in the Budget Bill for the
2001-02 fiscal year, and each succeeding fiscal year, for
consideration by the Legislature, and shall bear the label "Safe
Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection
(Villaraigosa-Keeley Act) Fund." The Budget Bill section shall
contain separate items for each project, each class of project, or
each element of the program for which an appropriation is made.
  SEC. 7.  Section 5096.347 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   5096.347.  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountain Region constitutes a unique and
important environmental, anthropological, cultural, scientific,
educational, recreational, scenic, water, watershed, and wildlife
resource that should be held in trust for the enjoyment of, and
appreciated by, present and future generations.
   (b) The secretary shall administer grants to the Sierra
Nevada-Cascade Program to assist local governments, agencies,
districts, and nonprofit organizations working in collaboration with
those local governments, agencies, and districts to plan, create, and
conserve the Sierra-Cascade natural ecosystem.  The secretary shall
make funds available on a competitive basis for all of the following
activities:
   (1) The acquisition and restoration of riparian habitat in
accordance with Sections 7048 and 78682.2 of the Water Code to
improve water quality, and to protect, restore, or rehabilitate
watersheds, streams wetlands, or other aquatic habitat.
   (2) Capital improvement projects that provide park and
recreational opportunities.
   (3) Access to trails and public lands, in accordance with Article
6 (commencing with Section 5070) of Chapter 1 of Division 5.
   (4) Acquisition of park lands or recreational facilities.
   (c) The secretary shall give priority to fund up to two million
dollars ($2,000,000) for Commons Beach improvements on properties
owned or administered by local agencies in the Lake Tahoe area, that
will provide improved lake access, bicycle and pedestrian trail
linkages, and interpretative facilities.
   (d) The secretary may provide the following capital outlay grants:

   (1) Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for capital outlay to
an incorporated city all or part of the territory of which is
located within five miles of the boundary line between San Joaquin
County and Sacramento County.
   (2) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to the
department for the renovation of a state historical point of interest
near the intersection of Jack Tone Road and State Highway 88.
   (e) For the purposes of this article, the Sierra Nevada-Cascade
Mountain Region includes those portions of Fresno County, Kern
County, Stanislaus County, and Tulare County, and counties with
populations of less than 250,000 as of the 1990 United States Census,
that are located in the mountains, the foothills, and the area
adjacent to the geologic formations of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade
mountain ranges.
  SEC. 8.  Section 5096.348 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   5096.348.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section
5096.310 shall be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
for parks, park facilities, or environmental youth service centers
that are within the immediate proximity of a neighborhood that has
been identified by the department as having a critical lack of park
or                                                    open-space
lands or deteriorated park facilities, that are in an area of
significant poverty and unemployment, and that have a shortage of
services for youth.  Priority shall be given to capital projects that
employ neighborhood residents and at-risk youth.
   (b) (1) Fifty percent of the funds allocated pursuant to
subdivision (j) of Section 5096.310 shall be made available on a
competitive basis to heavily urbanized counties and cities or to
nonprofit organizations or park districts in those counties and
cities, in compliance with subdivision (a) and the matching
requirements of the Roberti-Z'berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and
Recreation Program Act (Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 5620).
   (2) No more than 10 percent of the amounts made available pursuant
to paragraph (1) shall be allocated to fund grants pursuant to
Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 990) of Part 1 of Division 2 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code, at least 50 percent of which shall
be granted to youth service organizations eligible for tax-exempt
status pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
that are chartered by a national youth service organization.
  SEC. 9.  Section 5096.350 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   5096.350.  (a) Funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (m) of
Section 5096.310 shall be available for expenditure by the Wildlife
Conservation Board for the acquisition, development, rehabilitation,
restoration, and protection of real property benefiting fish and
wildlife, for the acquisition, restoration, or protection of habitat
that promotes recovery of threatened, endangered, or fully protected
species, maintains the genetic integrity of wildlife populations, and
serves as corridors linking otherwise separate habitat to prevent
habitat fragmentation, and for grants and related state
administrative costs pursuant to the Wildlife Conservation Law of
1947 (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) of Division 2 of the
Fish and Game Code), for the following purposes:
   (1) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the acquisition or
restoration of wetland habitat, as follows:
   (A) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the acquisition,
preservation, restoration, and establishment, or any combination
thereof, of habitat for waterfowl or other wetlands-associated
wildlife, as provided for in the Central Valley Habitat Joint Venture
Component of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan and the
Inland Wetlands Conservation Program, notwithstanding Section 711 of
the Fish and Game Code.  Preference shall be given to projects
involving the acquisition of perpetual conservation easements;
habitat development projects on lands which will be managed primarily
as waterfowl habitat in perpetuity; waterfowl habitat development
projects on agricultural lands; the reduction of fishery impacts
resulting from supply diversions that have a direct benefit to
wetlands and waterfowl habitat; or programs to establish permanent
buffer areas, including, but not limited to, agricultural lands that
are necessary to preserve the acreage and habitat values of existing
wetlands.
   (B) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the acquisition,
development, restoration, and protection of wetlands and adjacent
lands, or any combination thereof, located outside the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Valley.
   (2) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the development,
acquisition from a willing seller, or restoration of riparian habitat
and watershed conservation programs.
   (3) Forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000), upon appropriation
by the Legislature, for the restoration, or acquisition from a
willing seller, of habitat for threatened and endangered species or
for the purpose of promoting the recovery of those species.  Five
million dollars ($5,000,000) of that amount shall be for the
acquisition of property along the central coast containing coastal
terrace prairie, federally listed spineflower, state listed San
Francisco popcorn flower, and candidates for federal listing
including ohlone tiger beetle and opler's longhorned moth.  No funds
may be expended pursuant to this paragraph for the acquisition of
real property or other actions taken pursuant to Chapter 10
(commencing with Section 2800) of the Fish and Game Code.
   (4) Thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000) for the acquisition
from a willing seller, or restoration of forest lands, including, but
not limited to, ancient redwoods and oak woodlands.  Not more than
five million dollars ($5,000,000) of this amount shall be expended on
the federal Legacy Forest Program (16 U.S.C. Sec. 2103) to meet
federal matching requirements and not less than five million dollars
($5,000,000) of this amount shall be allocated for the preservation
of oak woodlands.  Not more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) of
this amount shall be expended on the federal Legacy Forest Program
(16 U.S.C. Sec. 2103) to meet federal matching requirements and not
less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) of this amount shall be
allocated for the preservation of oak woodlands.
   (5) Eighty-two million five hundred thousand dollars
($82,500,000), upon appropriation by the Legislature, to match funds
contributed by federal or local agencies or nonprofit organizations
for the acquisition, restoration, or protection of habitat or habitat
corridors that promote the recovery of threatened, endangered, or
fully protected species.  Projects funded pursuant to this paragraph
may include restoration projects authorized pursuant to Public Law
105-372, the Salton Sea Reclamation Act of 1998.  The board shall
require matching contributions of funds, real property, or other
resources from other public agencies, private parties, or nonprofit
organizations, at a level designed to obtain the maximum conservation
benefits to wildlife and wildlife habitat.  No funds may be expended
pursuant to this paragraph for the acquisition of real property or
other actions taken pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section
2800) of the Fish and Game Code.
   (6) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000), upon appropriation
by the Legislature, for the purpose of funding the acquisition of
real property subject to a natural community conservation plan
adopted pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2800) of the
Fish and Game Code, if the acquisition of the real property is
conducted in conjunction with a natural community conservation plan
approved by the Department of Fish and Game prior to January 1, 1999,
or if the acquisition is approved by statute.
   (7) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) for environmental
restoration projects for the following purposes approved pursuant to
the Salton Sea Restoration Project authorized by Public Law 105-372,
the Salton Sea Reclamation Act of 1998, and identified in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement of the Salton Sea Restoration Project:

   (A) Reduce and stabilize the overall salinity of the Salton Sea.
   (B) Stabilize the surface elevation of the Salton Sea.
   (C) Reclaim, in the long term, healthy fish and wildlife resources
and their habitats.
   (D) Enhance the potential for recreational uses of the Salton Sea.

   (b) Not more than 5 percent of the funds authorized for
expenditure by this section may be used for public access and
wildlife-oriented public use projects.
  SEC. 10.  Section 5096.352 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5096.352.  Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (o) of Section
5096.310 shall be available for expenditure by the State Coastal
Conservancy pursuant to Division 21 (commencing with Section 31000)
for the acquisition from a willing seller, preservation, restoration,
and enhancement of real property or an interest in real property in
coastal areas and watersheds within its jurisdiction and the
development of public use facilities in those areas in accordance
with the following schedule:
   (a) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) for projects funded
pursuant to the San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program
established pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 31160)
of Division 21.
   (b) (1) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be made
available to the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project to fund grants
to public entities and nonprofit organizations to implement storm
water and urban runoff pollution prevention programs, habitat
restoration, and other priority actions specified in the Santa Monica
Restoration Plan.  The Santa Monica Bay Watershed Council shall
determine project eligibility and establish grant priority.
   (2) The Santa Monica Bay Watershed Council or the State Coastal
Conservancy may require the grant recipient to provide a portion of
matching funds for any funding received.  The council or the state
conservancy may use the funds as matching funds for federal or other
grant funding.
   (c) Sixty-four million two hundred thousand dollars ($64,200,000)
of the funds available may be expended by the State Coastal
Conservancy directly or as grants to government entities and
nonprofit organizations for the purposes of Division 21 (commencing
with Section 31000), and for the following and related purposes,
including, but not limited to, the acquisition, enhancement,
restoration, protection, and development of coastal resources,
beaches, waterfronts, and public accessways in accordance with the
following schedule:
   (1) An amount not to exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000) may
be expended on regional approaches to reduce beach erosion.  Up to
thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000) shall be made available for
the restoration and protection of the Upper Newport Bay Ecological
Reserve.
   (2) At least fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be
expended in coastal areas north of the Gualala River.
   (3) At least twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be
expended within Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, or Santa
Barbara Counties.  One million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be
allocated to the City of Monterey to fund public access and open
space along the waterfront for the Window on the Bay.
   (4) At least five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be expended
on completion of the Coastal Trail.
   (5) Two million dollars ($2,000,000) shall be dedicated to
projects for the Guadalupe River Trail and the San Francisco Bay
Ridge Trail.
   (d) Twenty-two million dollars ($22,000,000) may be expended by
the State Coastal Conservancy directly or as grants to government
entities and nonprofit organizations consistent with Division 21
(commencing with Section 31000), and for administrative costs in
connection therewith, for the acquisition, development,
rehabilitation, restoration, enhancement, and protection of real
property, or other actions that benefit fish and wildlife.  At least
ten million dollars ($10,000,000) of those funds shall be expended in
coastal areas north of the Gualala River.  Eight hundred thousand
dollars ($800,000) shall be spent to restore the arroyo chub,
partially armored stickleback, and southern steelhead fisheries to
their native creeks of San Mateo Creek, and its tributary Devil
Canyon Creek, and San Onofre Creek located in San Diego County.
   (e) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the State Coastal
Conservancy and the Department of Fish and Game for direct
expenditure and for grants to public agencies and nonprofit
organizations to protect, restore, acquire, and enhance habitat for
salmon.  These funds may be used to match federal funding available
for those purposes.
   (f) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of the funds shall
be allocated to acquire, protect, and restore wetlands projects that
are a minimum of 400 acres in size in any county with a population
greater than 5,000,000.
   (g) Twelve million five hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000)
shall be allocated to acquire land needed to connect important
coastal watershed and scenic areas in the Laguna Coast Wilderness
Park.
  SEC. 11.  Section 5096.353 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5096.353.  Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section
5096.310 shall be available to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
for capital outlay and grants for the acquisition from a willing
seller, enhancement, and restoration of natural lands, improvement of
public recreation facilities, and for grants to local agencies and
nonprofit organizations to increase access to parks and recreational
opportunities for underserved urban communities, in accordance with
the following schedule:
   Thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) to acquire, improve, or
restore park, wildlife, or natural areas, including areas near or
adjacent to units of the state park system wherever such units may be
situated within a local jurisdiction within the Santa Monica
Mountains Zone or Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor.
  SEC. 12.  Section 5096.356 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5096.356.  (a) Funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (t) of
Section 5096.310 shall be available to the Department of Conservation
for grants, on a competitive basis, to state and local agencies and
nonprofit organizations for farmland protection and administration of
the Agricultural Land Stewardship Program Act of 1995 (Division 10.2
(commencing with Section 10200)), or its successor program.  This
purpose shall include, but not be limited to, the placement of
improvements and acquisition of agricultural conservation easements
and other interests in land pursuant to the Agricultural Land
Stewardship Program.
   (b) At least 20 percent of the funds allocated pursuant to
subdivision (t) of Section 5096.310 shall be available for projects
that preserve agricultural lands and protect water quality in the
counties that serve the San Pablo Bay.
  SEC. 13.  Section 5096.357 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5096.357.  (a) Funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (v) of Section 5096.310 shall be available to the
Department of Fish and Game for the development, enhancement,
restoration, and preservation of land pursuant to Sections 1580 and
10503 of, and subdivision (b) of Section 1525 of, the Fish and Game
Code.  The provision of these funds shall be in accordance with an
expenditure plan developed by the Department of Fish and Game and
approved by the Department of Finance.
   (b) Funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (v)
of Section 5096.310 shall be made available to the Department of Fish
and Game for the exclusive purpose of acquiring habitat preservation
and enhancement agreements on private wetlands pursuant to the
California Waterfowl Habitat Program--Phase II and administrative
costs incurred in connection therewith.  Expenditure of those funds
shall be consistent with the purposes identified in Section 3702 of
the Fish and Game Code.
  SEC. 14.  Section 5096.360 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5096.360.  Bonds in the total amount of two billion one hundred
million dollars ($2,100,000,000), not including the amount of any
refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 5096.370, or so
much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a
fund to be used for carrying out the purposes set forth in Section
5096.310 and to be used to reimburse the General Obligation Bond
Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government
Code.  The bonds, when sold, shall be and constitute a valid and
binding obligation of the State of California, and the full faith and
credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual
payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as the
principal and interest become due and payable.  Pursuant to this
section, the Treasurer shall sell the bonds authorized by the Safe
Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection
(the Villaraigosa-Keeley Act) Finance Committee created pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 5096.362 at any different times that are
necessary to service expenditures appropriated pursuant to this
chapter.
  SEC. 15.  Section 5096.362 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5096.362.  (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance
and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the
bonds authorized by this chapter, the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean
Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection (Villaraigosa-Keeley Act)
Finance Committee is hereby created.  For purposes of this chapter,
the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal
Protection (Villaraigosa-Keeley Act) Finance Committee is "the
committee" as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond
Law.  The committee consists of the Controller, the Director of
Finance, and the Treasurer, or their designated representatives.  The
Treasurer shall serve as chairperson of the committee.  A majority
of the committee may act for the committee.
   (b) For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, the
secretary is designated the "board."
  SEC. 16.  Section 5096.368 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5096.368.  The secretary may request the Pooled Money Investment
Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account,
including other authorized forms of interim financing that include,
but are not limited to, commercial paper, in accordance with Section
16312 of the Government Code, for purposes of carrying out this
chapter.  The amount of the request shall not exceed the amount of
the unsold bonds that the committee, by resolution, has authorized to
be sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.  The secretary
shall execute any documents required by the Pooled Money Investment
Board to obtain and repay the loan.  Any amounts loaned shall be
deposited in the fund to be allocated by the board in accordance with
this chapter.
  SEC. 17.  (a) This act shall become operative only if Assembly Bill
18 of the 1999-2000 Regular Session is chaptered.
   (b) If both this bill and Assembly Bill 18 of the 1999-2000
Regular Session are chaptered, and this bill is chaptered after
Assembly Bill 18, Sections 5096.310, 5096.324, 5096.337,
5096.339,5096.344, 5096.345, 5096.347, 5096.348, 5096.350, 596.352,
5096.353, 5096.356, 5096.357, 5096.360, 5096.362, and 5096.368, as
added to the Public Resources Code by this bill, shall prevail over
and supersede those sections of the same number as added to the
Public Resources Code by Assembly Bill 18.  The Secretary of State
shall submit the sections added to the Public Resources Code by this
bill to the voters at the March 7, 2000, statewide general election
as part of the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and
Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2000 (the Villaraigosa-Keeley Act), in
place of the same numbered sections as added to the Public Resources
Code by Assembly Bill 18.
  SEC. 18.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order that the provisions of this bill may be incorporated into
Section 1 of Assembly Bill 18 of the 1999-2000 Regular Session,
which would enact the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean
Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2000 (the Villaraigosa-Keeley
Act), and be submitted for voter approval at the earliest possible
time, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.
